A talking dinosaur sidekick and a pirate queen walk into a steampunk utopia... chaos ensues.
When a shipwreck is found on the shores of Dinotopia, Karl uses his newly discovered radio to make contact with the drifting survivors. But what will happen if that bridge between two worlds is crossed?
Practical Effects
The animatronic dinosaurs are charmingly janky, peak early-2000s TV magic.
Costume
Le Sage's pirate queen lewks deserved a bigger budget and your respect.
Acting
Jonathan Hyde commits to Mayor Waldo like he's in Shakespeare, and we love him for it.
Director
Thomas J. Wright
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of three TV movies based on James Gurney's illustrated books; the planned full series never materialized due to budget constraints.
Dinotopia arrived at the tail end of the late-90s dino craze, when CGI finally let us have talking dinosaurs but couldn't quite make them look real.
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